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Re: Seasonal workers (none / 1)
Compared to LA, having your lawn tended by a gardener in Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA is stunningly more expensive. $40-$50/week or more here vs. $40/month in LA. So I do it myself. Likewise for installing irrigation systems underground, etc.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jul 8th, 2017 at 05:40:24 AM EST
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Re: Seasonal workers (none / 1)
(There is NO cheap Latino labor available in whitey white northern Arkansas.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Jul 8th, 2017 at 05:41:29 AM EST
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Re: Seasonal workers (none / 0)
I thought that lawns in California were tended by green paint.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sat Jul 8th, 2017 at 06:06:53 AM EST
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LQD: Brexodus has begun | 33 comments (33 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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